Junior guard Kenyon McNeail (left) bombed the nets for a career-best 34 points and had nine of those hailing from 3-point range during Louisiana Tech University’s recent 73-71 Western Athletic Conference road victory over the University of Texas-San Antonio. One of his 3-pointers proved to be the game winner in the final seconds.

Kenyon McNeail had a dubious start to his 34-point explosion the other night.

The first 3-point attempt he had against Texas-San Antonio?

“It was an air ball,” grinned the junior guard for Louisiana Tech University.

After that, however, it was nothing but the net.

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• When Grambling State University’s legendary 1961 men’s basketball team was recently honored for its national title, there were several special moments.

From when Willis Reed and his teammates held up the banner signifying the Tigers as No. 1 in the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics to the hugs and anecdotes exchanged among the players, family members, friends and well-wishers.

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Grambling State, the game’s visiting team, is one of the most successful historically black universities in NCAA Division I athletics and enters the season just two years removed from its last Southwestern Athletic Conference football championship in 2011.

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That all changed with the Bearcats’ season hanging in the balance.

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